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Cities in the Benelux by chronological year of foundation
City or town name Earliest settlement Year of foundation First written mention of the name Granted city rights in
Namur
Iron Age
circa 57 BCE
7th century
1152
Arnhem
circa 1500 BCE
circa 50 BCE
893
1233
Tongeren
15 BCE
340
1335
Nijmegen
circa 5 CE
1230
Maastricht
circa 500 BCE
circa 15 CE
1204
Utrecht
47 CE
1122
Tournai
circa 50 CE
3rd century
1188
Arlon
1st century
1060
1825
Leiden
1st century
860
1266
Dinant
Neolithic
4th century
558
1252
Kortrijk
1st to 5th century
5th century
1127
Liège
6th century
558
1196
Flushing
620
1315
Ghent
circa 625
c. 1185
Huy
1st century
(102)
634
1066
Nivelles
Neolithic
645
645
1265
Antwerp
1st century
7th century
1221
Hasselt
7th century
1165
1232
Mons
Iron Age
7th century
1825
Lier
7th century
1212
Tilburg
709
1809
Deventer
circa 768
956
Mechelen
8th century
1303
Zwolle
circa 800
1040
1230
Aalst
840
1164
Middelburg
9th century
844
1217
Bruges
1st century
9th century
875
1128
Durbuy
circa 889
11h century
1331
Leuven
891
1211
Luxembourg
before 100 BCE
963
963
1244
Oudenaarde
974
1190
Brussels
979
1229
Gembloux
10th century
1985
Haarlem
10th century
1245
Limbourg
1033
11th century
Groningen
1040
11th century
Dordrecht
1049
1220
Geraadsbergen
1060
1060
1068
's-Hertogenbosch
1185
1185
1185
Gouda
11th century
1272
Breda
late 11th century
1252
Delft
circa 1100
1246
Ypres
12th century
1174
Amsterdam
12th century
1275
1300
The Hague
1248
1248
1806
Rotterdam
1260's
1340
Charleroi
1666
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